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Meaning given meaning
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Simple sentences
I was given this present by Ann.
I've given up eating meat.
If we were supposed to talk more than listen, we would have been given two mouths and one ear.
Tom thought the teacher had given him way too much homework to finish in one day.
I've given Tom everything he's ever asked for.
Tom was given an hour's notice.
You were given the same opportunity, but you wasted it.
I haven't been given any work yet.
He was given a lot of money.
If you hadn't given me a lift, I would have missed the train.
We were each given a piece of chocolate.
Tom was wearing the old jacket that I'd given him.
The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
People are often quite skeptical about things unless given believable proof.
You've given me your cold.
You've given me good advice.
Your name was given to us by Mr. Hayashi of Keiyo Steel Corporation.
We appreciate the opportunity you've given us to learn more about your organization.
Technology has given us immense power.
Should he be given another chance, he would do his best.
Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
We have given careful thought to both alternatives.
Now you've given yourself away.
Ask, and it shall be given you.
If I had been rich, I would have given you some money.
Of course you can trust me. Have I ever given you a bum steer before?
The reason why we cannot support his view will be given below.
Information is given in English at every airport.
Each person was given enough food and clothing.
You have given me so many.
Movie subtitles
I've given up that name! but I've given up my claim to the throne!
If they were going to just store them and let them rot, couldn't they have given them before these rotted?
Ketamine and paracetamol given.
Diazemuls ten milligram iv, given.
Adrenaline given.
Could you have given me any less notice?
Given the shape, depth and circumference of the wound, I have narrowed it down to these.
They'd only given him a few weeks to live.
Well, given that she was last seen playing out a fantasy and then ended up in a dead gardener's coffin, it seems unlikely.
That makes sense given that you were talking to the ambulance officers at Wadsworths'.
And, given the grim circumstances of Patsy's death, it's hardly surprising.
I was given it in cough mixture.
That last little push has given us the baby's head, Vera.
Warn your people, so they can't say they weren't given fair warning.
I didn't give 30 years of my life to this country to see it given to the Arabs who'll mess it up.
When I was little, my mom never used to do physical stuff with us because she had these big boobs and. I just don't want to miss out on stuff like she did just because I was given the worst genetic gift ever.
That might be a catalyst, meaning that, given time, those that we've overclocked ourselves could possibly acquire unimaginable powers as well.
Humankind has given up on its evolutionary progress. Doing so ensures its self-destruction.
Now that Catalina has been given a proper burial, maybe back home for a little farming.
They had come to collect the young maiden who had loved an evildoer. and had given her life to destroy him.
I'd like to inform the jury that the reasons given by the defendant are not true.
Given my client's physical stature, do you believe she's capable of throwing the weapon with such force?
Ms. Delange, when you entered the victim's dressing room, did you see the money the cashier had given her?
If I were a People's Commissar, I'd given him the Order of the Banner of Labor.
The country needs to be given coal!
Once you have given him this message, you will remember nothing.
Yeah, it's our God-given right.
This. what is it? It was given to the Royal Family bank for safekeeping, it's the guard's personal treasury.
GIVEN THE GIFT OF INSIGHT.
YOU'VE GIVEN ME SOME CONCERNS.
I'VE GIVEN YOU A TIME-OUT.
I have given this a lot of thought.
Given the symptoms you've described, there seems little doubt.
Still I have not given you permission to retire.
We are not given names like people.
I have been given an unpleasant task.
It's a little engagement present just given me by Mr. Yates.
I've given up everything for you, Lucienne.
News and current affairs
Given that America benefits mightily from China's purchases of US government securities, it is difficult to understand why the US government and Congress have been complaining so much about the bilateral current-account deficit.
It is also difficult to grasp why China is so reluctant to reduce its bilateral surplus, given meager returns on its massive holdings of US government securities and a sustained risk of large capital losses in the future.
It is far from clear if he would have prevailed, given his lack of an independent political base, but his international prestige and standing might have given him a chance if he would have chosen to throw the gauntlet.
Countries that wish to develop nuclear energy but not nuclear bombs should be given international guarantees of fuel supply and disposal of spent fuel.
This pattern of action and inaction by the Council has given greater credence to those who believe the UN's highest human rights body is inherently anti-Israel.
Individuals given the drug were less willing to sacrifice an individual to save the lives of several others.
Governments must not be given the power to control its citizens' moral code - we know that if they had such power, they would misuse it.
Indeed, in closing their skies, European governments seem to have given safety absolute priority over everything else.
The free movement of goods, labor, and capital between the two parts could have given a tremendous economic boost to Palestinian GDP.
Given its global nature, the Internet requires a degree of international cooperation to be able to function.
This help has been given.
Those crisis countries that do not want to take it upon themselves to lower their prices should be given the opportunity to leave the eurozone temporarily in order to devalue prices and debts.
Turkey has been given what looks like an ultimatum from the EU Commission: open your ports for ships from Cyprus within a month, or you may risk a halt to the EU accession talks now underway.
Given national supervisors' predictable tendency not to recognize problems at home, it seemed natural that the cost of cleaning up insolvent banks should also be borne at the national level.
Given that financial integration is particularly strong within the monetary union, putting the ECB in charge was an obvious choice.
The German operations naturally generate a surplus of funds (given that savings in Germany far exceed investment on average).
This deal could then be given teeth by the UN Security Council.
And, given the current rage for all things Bollywood in France, a lavish Indian wedding would be fitting.
Given the gravity of the economic crisis, the time has come for the EU to demonstrate its strengths whenever possible.
To this day, therefore, the risk remains that the number of nuclear powers will increase, particularly given small and medium powers' hope to enhance their prestige and position in regional conflicts.
At that meeting, European leaders should ask themselves the following questions: Has the EU given Turkey a fair deal in the case of Cyprus?
But Turkish public support for EU membership has fallen dramatically as Turks have grown to feel that they are not being given a fair deal.